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Meditation | Kathleen Roberts (7.5.26)

Enjoy Kathleen's meditation from the services on July 5, 2026.

Doing My Part (Part 4): Seven Generations | Jake Haber (7.5.26)

Every one of us is the living result of an unbroken chain stretching back thousands of generations. We inherit the resilience, wisdom, and love of those who came before us...and also their wounds, fears, and unfinished stories. In this message, we explore what it means to become a future ancestor: to recognize that our healing is never ours alone. Drawing upon the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) principle of considering the seventh generation to come, we reflect on how every act of transformation ripples backward and forward through time. Your life is more connected - and more meaningful - than you may have ever realized.   Quotes: “Historical trauma is cumulative emotional and psychological wounding over the lifespan and across generations, emanating from massive group trauma experiences.” — Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart   “If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it.” — Richard Rohr   “Family dysfunction rolls down from generation to generation like a fire in the woods, taking down everything in its path until one person in one generation has the courage to turn and face the flames. That person brings peace to their ancestors and spares the children that follow.” — Terry Real   “We are looking ahead… to make every decision that we make relate to the welfare and well-being of the seventh generation to come.” — Oren Lyons   “Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.” — Wendell Berry

Meditation | Roger Pierce (6.28.26)

Enjoy Roger's meditation from the services on June 28, 2026.

Doing My Part (Part 3): Holding Space | Jake Haber (6.28.26)

What does it really mean to “hold space” for someone? Many of us were taught that love means fixing, rescuing, or solving another person’s pain. But what if one of the greatest gifts we can offer isn’t advice or answers...it’s our presence? In this message, we look at grief as a natural expression of love, why our impulse to fix often comes from our own discomfort with pain, and how healing frequently begins when people feel safe enough to be fully seen.   Quotes:   * “To love the world through all its falling apartness—to cradle it even now.” — Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer   * “The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.” — John Vance Cheney   * “When we hold space for other people, we open our hearts, offer unconditional support, and let go of judgement and control… It means that we are willing to walk alongside another person in whatever journey they’re on without judging them, making them feel inadequate, trying to fix them, or trying to impact the outcome.” — Heather Plett   * “The basic question in relationships is: Are you there for me?” — Sue Johnson   * “The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.” — Carl Jung   * “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou

Meditation | Robyn Nemes (6.21.26)

Enjoy Robyn's meditation from the services on June 21, 2026.